IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Functions Essential Reference
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Zak Greant, Graeme Merrall, Torben Wilson, Brett Michlitsch
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP Functions Essential Reference
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Zak Greant, Graeme Merrall, Torben Wilson, Brett Michlitsch
Rating: 5/5
Reviewer Kevin Carlson noted that the book was not available online at the web address that it mentions. It turns out that there is an errata at www.sams.com giving the correct URL: http://fooassociates.com/phpfer/
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL-99 Complete, Really
Publisher: CMP Books
Authors: Peter Gulutzan, Trudy Pelzer
Rating: 3/5
Title: SQL-99 Complete, Really
Publisher: CMP Books
Authors: Peter Gulutzan, Trudy Pelzer
Rating: 3/5
the book is huge and has much useful information in it. However, I was somewhat disappointed in regard to the completeness claim the title (and the size) suggests. Especially the more advanced features (the book marks most of them them as "obscure") are not covered well at all. In particular, the new features for handling inheritance with UDTs are hardly ever mentioned, let alone illustrated with examples.It seems that in places where they lack experience of their own, the authors copy the reference manuals at best, sometimes not even that.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 3/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 3/5
The XML information is out of date and disappointingly brief, so I returned this item. For example, I'd like to see more in-depth coverage and examples of XML mapping files, updategrams, and the XML bulk loader.The information about stored procedures, however, is more detailed than any other book I have read. If you want an in-depth stored procedure book, this is the one.Ken's writing is very easy to understand.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: XML and PHP
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Vikram Vaswani
Rating: 2/5
Title: XML and PHP
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Vikram Vaswani
Rating: 2/5
I've been reading this book recently (6/11/2004). With regards to DOM and XML, it's very out of date given the current development of PHP. Would advise newer, more up to date book if you're interested in DOM and XML.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 2000 All-in-One Exam Guide (Book/CD Set)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Dave Perkovich
Rating: 1/5
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 2000 All-in-One Exam Guide (Book/CD Set)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Dave Perkovich
Rating: 1/5
The book is useless if you want to pass 70-228 and 70-229.
*** The CD is worse than the book. The software is buggy. ***
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Instant SQL Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Joe Celko
Rating: 2/5
Title: Instant SQL Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Joe Celko
Rating: 2/5
Given the usual high quality of books from WROX, I had high expectations for this one. When I first picked it up, I found its "syntax first" style to be difficult to understand. I plodded along grudgingly, hoping that the tone would lighten and the material would flow more smoothly. No luck. I found it easier and more effective to learn SQL from the code tidbits that other programming books provided. After I gained some experience elsewhere, I returned to this book hoping to get more out of it, but found that it had little more to offer. Another disappointing aspect was the scant coverage of today's more popular database systems and syntax appropriate for those systems, such as Oracle, SQL server, and Access. Though an appendix exists to help out on vendor-specific syntax issues, I found that the brief examples given were so simple as to be nearly worthless. In short, this book does have some decent content for beginners, but I found it unbelieveably hard to get at. Unless you're stranded on a desert island with this book, I recommend you look elsewhere for your SQL fix!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Authors: Larry Ullman
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Authors: Larry Ullman
Rating: 5/5
This is a great book. The author's clear, concise writing style and practical code samples make this book as informative as it is enjoyable. If only all tutorials/tech books were written like this one! I'll definitely check out future books by Mr. Ullman before I consider others.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Michael J. Hernandez, John L. Viescas
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Michael J. Hernandez, John L. Viescas
Rating: 5/5
After reading this book I finally understood table relationships and how to retrieve the information I wanted from multiple tables at once. I have never had queries put across in such a clear simple manner. I had been working with ASP / SQL queries for about a year and was just muddling through with sub-tables and linking. I was creating databases with redundant information just so I didn't have to link tables. This book allowed me to streamline my database and improve the speed and simplicity of my ASP pages. This book focuses on select queries almost exclusively, but this is I think a strong point not a weakness, since most of the time you are pulling information out not inserting or updating. Works very well with it's companion book Database design for mere mortals
Product: Book Paperback
Title: McSe Readiness Review Exam 70-028: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Mcse Readiness Review)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Jill Spealman
Rating: 5/5
Title: McSe Readiness Review Exam 70-028: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Mcse Readiness Review)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Jill Spealman
Rating: 5/5
This book is well organized. I used the book as a reference guide to tap into SQL Server 7.0 's Book Online. Don't depend on any single reference book on the market to pass your 70-028 exam. Your most authoritative source is the Book Online. This book made me to get familiar with the Book Online, and helped me passed the exam.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Hands On SQL Server 7 with VB6 (Hands on)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Wayne S. Freeze
Rating: 5/5
Title: Hands On SQL Server 7 with VB6 (Hands on)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Wayne S. Freeze
Rating: 5/5
Excellent background explanations of SQL databases and ADO and how to use built-in VB6 database access.Good separation of DB design, VB data access, and web-based data access.Surprise bonus under web-based data access is difficult to find info on VB6 "IIS Application".Unfortunately does not include any reference for SQL Server 7 (language syntax, etc).
